Modern Toilet (Restaurant)

My lunch at Modern Toilet does not need too much of an introduction. Enjoy!


Store front.


My uncle Peter explaining the situation to my brother, who is very frightened at this point.


The seats?


The sink..?


Our table? No, wait that's an actual toilet. Close one..


My chicken combo, with diarrhea splattered toilet. Sweet.


Coconut curry combo...i think


Beef? Or poop?


"LOL. Poop is funny!!!"


Milk Tea Urinal. I later found boba balls at the bottom. Um, maybe give me a bigger straw? Minus 1 star..


Wait, what?


Ah, now it makes sense...


This one is kinda gross..


My natural senses are very confused.


Okay now this is just kinda ridiculous.


One boy and one cup?

The food itself was whatever, but everyone should eat here at least once. BRB, bathroom.

TIT

hahaha...

Snack Time

While waiting for our lunch reservation, we got hungry and stopped by a nearby 711 for a snack.


My favorite brand of milk tea. It's from Japan. And a salmon rice and seaweed wrap.


MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH..happy happy happy..

Chicken Oil Infusion

I'll admit I was slightly skeptical of this restaurant at first. All my relatives were raving about it but the menu looked slightly boring and the restaurant name, something about chicken oil, wasn't that appetizing. OH BOY was I wrong..here are a couple highlights from the dinner.


Do not be deceived. This is no ordinary bowl of rice. It has been carefully infused with chicken oil to create the most pleasurable rice experience I've ever encountered. I had three bowls.


Sweet and sour chicken. Pretty different than panda express.


Pan-fried shrimp. #1 dish of the night.


Oysters in black bean sauce.

There were much more but we were halfway through the dishes before I remembered to take pictures. It was also a struggle to get pictures before the chopsticks attacked the dishes. Thank you everyone for patiently waiting while I snapped some pictures.

50Lan Sighting #1

The best boba in existence comes from 50Lan. The boba is pleasantly durable, not soggy like most places in the states, and the sweetness and texture of the tea is prime. This one is milk tea with small bobas and grass jelly. As with Lulu, you'll see 50Lan regularly on Taiwan Yum Yum.


"The Tea of Cool. Craving. Content..." Hell yea.

HI-CHEW!!!

For some reason, white people really like HI-CHEWs. You know who you are....

I found this treasure waiting for me in my room.


Different pose.

Home Cooked Lunch

Here we have another wonderful meal courtesy of my Grandma. Unfortunately, when it was served I was still too full from the Chinese Tamales, so I could only watch with envy. I eventually downed a steak just for kicks.


Better than Outback.


I'll have to ask my Grandma what this dish is called.


Wet squash.


Beggar Lulu. And you can see a fried fish that looks like a piranha between the ricebowl and my uncle's right hand.

Chinese Tamales

Not too similar to bacon and eggs, this morning I had one of my favorite Chinese foods since I was a kid: Zhong Zi (someone correct my spelling), sticky rice and proteins wrapped with bamboo leaves. These are from the market, but I have some great memories from when my aunts or grandma spent hours cooking and wrapping these little tamales for special occasions.


Fresh from the steamer, still clothed.


Exposed and bathed in sweet and sour sauce. As I am writing this, I have ate two of these. It's been about 3 hours and I am still stuffed and digesting while everyone is outside eating lunch.

Awkward Introductions

Every time I visit Taiwan, I have the time of my life. With caring relatives and eager friends, I always taste the best foods and find good fun. This summer, I hope to document my stay in Taiwan so I can better remember and share the excitement, most notably the food. Hopefully with this blog, everyone can learn a little bit about Taiwan, myself, and why I disappear from the states every couple of summers. Keep checking back. I will update often.


In order to maintain our muscular physiques during a summer of constant grubbing, my brother Justin and I constructed a makeshift gym on the upstairs porch.


These weights have been sitting in rust for 20 years. We wrapped the bar with towels, rope, and tape. And yes, those weights are 25 P each. P is the Taiwanese weight measurement system. 1 P is equal to about 80.9 pounds. I might be a little off.


Every visit to Taiwan begins with a magical home cooked meal at my Grandma's.


My grandma about to cut up the pork dish. Yes, that top layer is all fat. And yes I ate like half of that.



Justin dismantles some clams at record speed. I really wish I could be more exact with the names and ingredients for each dish, but it's slightly hard to translate everything from Chinese. I'll be making edits as I gradually figure everything out.



This is Lulu. Lulu sits next to you when you eat for extended periods of time until you finally break and give her a piece. You will be seeing Lulu a lot at Taiwan Yum Yum so get to know her.

*Pictures from dinner (Thai food) will be posted when my Dad sends me the pictures.